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Vanity Poems | Examples of Vanity Poetry

Premium Member Jade Stone's :::Vanity:::
Let he who is without vanity cast the first insult~ Vain to me smacks of superficialities which In the long run prove fragile and meaningless You can be proud of your accomplishments without worries of being vain Lose your hair, lose your teeth, lose your looks, lose your vanity—Poetess Fashion statements Youth Dress-up make-up Forsooth A little vanity never...

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Categories: vanity,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member Jade Stone's :::Confidence:::
She laughs, she cries, then she sighs brimming with confidence, the pain within she denies Her heart thumps then skips a beat, as she reads poetry, a taste of bittersweet In quiets empty moments, a hole remains deeply in the soul, an abyss , an unmeasured chasm It’s the space p~o~e~t~r~y fills Her personal dead poet society stirring her deepest passions awakens...

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Categories: vanity, confidence, feelings,
Form: Dramatic Verse



I can't compete with your vanity
You spent an hour in the mirror— I spent an hour in the bar. Your lipstick’s a death sentence I don’t want to serve. I walk through these rooms, thinking of small deaths, wishing I had the nerve to pack up and leave. You think I envy your silk shirts, your hair that floats like smoke. But I have my own ruin to feed with whiskey...

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Categories: vanity, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Person I've Become
Mirror, mirror on the wall, tell me the truth, tell me all. The passing of youth, and of dreams young. Reverence for the truth, songs of the heart, freely sung. I see the happy days of innocence, the fond memories of childhood. The unquestioned acceptance of all things pure, all things good. Mirror, mirror on...

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Categories: age, introspection, self, vanity,
Form: Rhyme
Fire
Flames that ignite bright RED at its core, BLUE attempts to cool the ravenous HUNGER but overwhelmed by Red's hot desire - through the Night it burns... its visible heat scorches the skin of the prisoner...yet it kisses endearingly while leaving a freshly mark of sole ownership - TORTUROUS feeling reigns in a field of thrones... a rose in its prime leaks blood... TORMENTED... SUFFOCATED- coddled violently but its beautiful hue continues to call... ...The Master of...

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Categories: vanity, black love, desire, fire,
Form: Other



Premium Member orchid blooms
orchid blooms skiting elegance high on a stick ~ vanity rainbow AP: Honorable Mention 2025...

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Categories: vanity, appreciation, beautiful, beauty, color,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Retaliation
Retaliation-the action of harming someone because they have harmed oneself, revenge~ protectionism invites retaliation—def it is what it is ...

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Categories: perspective, vanity,
Form: Senryu
Paper Tigers
Some go through life in a sophomoric zone Knowing about strangers while being alone To ever quote names or that face in the crowd Aggrandizing self as their folly — astounds (Reading Market Philadelphia: May, 2025) ...

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Categories: vanity,
Form: Rhyme
Footprints
Be one with the earth For she understands all. All beings are transient; breathe - Whether you walk or crawl. In whispers of wind, the stories unfold, Each step leaves a trace, in soft grains of gold. Through shadows of ages, our journeys entwine, In the dance of existence, our footprints...

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Categories: vanity, appreciation, confidence, deep, earth,
Form: Quatrain
Nobody Can Resist A Charmer
Attractive lady with long shining hair, nobody can resist such a charmer; I bet you turn guys on to have fun, and when danger comes, you run! The one that promises the joys of Heaven and make him walk slowly on rainless clouds is a true deceiver who counts just to seven, he's ready to give a handful of fake outs! No...

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Categories: vanity, anger, desire, emotions, how
Form: Lyric
Broken mirror
Why do you seem so confident. When all this will disappear. Why does it seem so evident. When you finally face your fear. When hell has lost its precedence. And heavens a wish a way. You murdered all your yesterdays and placed them in shallow graves Oh, mirror mirror on the wall am I a shadow in your heart. Oh mirror...

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Categories: vanity, confidence, fantasy, horror, identity,
Form: Free verse
A vision of obscurity
If I watch you closely dose that make me insecure. If you're longing for a lover maybe? My love is to impure. Impleaded fantasy's I'm sick and you're the cure. Materialistic lament, hypercritical that's for sure. Under a blanket of infidelity, obscene and obscured. hearts are devoured, blood thirsty, and I want more. A monster lives inside of me. Indecisions and he not sure, If...

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Categories: vanity, conflict, horror, mystery, psychological,
Form: Free verse
21st Century Emperor's
The emperors have no clothes on! People are living in a trance Psychologists like to call it cognitive dissonance Perhaps even a carefully crafted chance To see what isn't there, only to praise a hollow show, While truth and reason disappear, common senses go. It’s just simply a situation gone sad I can’t help but wonder, have we been had or merely...

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Categories: vanity, confusion, life, parody, peace,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Thought of the day
to give ourselves a raise, do we seek praise ~ delusion of vanity, let’s erase...

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Categories: introspection, spiritual, vanity,
Form: Couplet
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We cured death on a Tuesday, launched the trial on a Thursday, by Friday, 14% of the test group was gnawing on the janitorial staff. Still, the press was kind. “Remarkable resilience,” they wrote, as Unit 42A chewed through its restraints, and tried to bite a cameraman. We called them SoulSavers™, engineered for eternal youth, a proprietary blend of nanites, CRISPR, and just a dash of...

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Categories: vanity, dark, horror, humor, life,
Form: Free verse

Specific Types of Vanity Poems

Definition | What is Vanity in Poetry?


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